Chapter 120: A Visit from an Old Friend
The government issued a new notice. This notice is a bit late, and it has been a month since it was posted.
The Eight-Nation Coalition set up a military tribunal in Baoding, and the trial was not for others, but for more than a dozen officials of the Qing Dynasty. They were all sent to prison and confiscated their property.
The worst were the political envoy Tingyong, the guard Kuiheng and the general Wang Zhankui. They asked the foreigners to sentence them to death, and the charges were full of all kinds of crimesโanyway, the crimes were extremely heinous, the crimes were unforgivable, and they were too many to writeโand then the executioners of our Qing Dynasty had their heads cut off.
In a telegram sent to Sadaoyi, the foreigner whose name was "Ga Shili," the foreigner who was in charge of interrogating and executing Tingyong, said: "Since the subjects of the British, Belgian, and American countries were killed in Baodingfu, the following punishments have been imposed on the city: Tingyong, the provincial envoy, Kuiheng, the city guard, and Wang Zhankui, the general of the city, have been beheaded on the 6th of this month. The authorities of the province were fined 100,000 taels, the towers or corners of the city walls had been destroyed, and a gap had been opened in the southeastern wall near the murder site. The trial was conducted by an international commission; The operation was approved by the Count of Waldsee. โ
Since then, the names of these three people have been absent from the book of life and death.
This is interesting to say, can foreigners still judge our officials of the Qing Dynasty? Can the government do it? Is the imperial court capable?
Naturally, the imperial court was not happy, and immediately asked Prime Minister Yamen to draft a document, saying that it was an expression of "indignation" at the murder of Tingyong, and there was such a sentence in the document: "Even if a Chinese official has mishandled it, he should hand it over to China for its own punishment, so how can I infringe on my right to autonomy?" โ
But what about foreigners? Not only can they be tried and convicted, but they are not only those who are unlucky enough to be convicted. They can be regarded as solving the problem, and the stock is behind!
After that, many officials across the country who organized, participated in, and supported the Boxer Rebellion were killed one after another!
The people of Changtu Mansion were very shocked when they learned about this, and they were all looking forward to watching a lively - when did we push An Zhifu and General Nalan to the entrance of the vegetable market and cut off their heads?
But the foreigners didn't fulfill the idea of the big guy. Changtu Mansion is very peaceful, not to mention the capital city, that is, the foreigners in various states and counties can live in peace with the locals. According to Andre, his troops were welcomed into the city by An Zhifu and Nalan Shiheng, and they were friends of the Great Qing Kingdom, and when they treated their friends, they had to use fine wine to communicate with each other.
Anyway, it was a rumor that the Governor of An was going to lose his head, and it didn't take long for it to stop. In a blink of an eye, it came to the wax moon.
In fact, it stands to reason that everyone should relax in the wax moon. Although the land in Kanto is said to be bitter cold, it is mainly agricultural - at least there are many bud rice and peanuts in the ten miles and eight townships under the jurisdiction of Changtu Prefecture. When the farm is slack, the farmers go to visit relatives and friends, about three or five people have a drink, play two bridges - that is, the pieces of paper with mahjong points - anything can wait for the end of the New Year. It was supposed to be the most peaceful and sin-free season.
But some people just don't want to live such a peaceful life. To be precise, I don't want to live such a peaceful life with foreigners.
Liaoyuan had a file incident, and Lao Maozi's arsenal was blown up! In the middle of the night, the third watch is said to be much brighter than the flowers.
Half the city could see the light. In the homes of people whose doors and windows are tightly covered, there are also people who run out and shout "the earth moves" to tell everyone to flee for their lives. It's not that this man is stupid, according to the word: the earth trembled three times, the sky trembled three times, and many signboards of the shops on the street shook off.
Not to mention that this incident alarmed Changtu Mansion, even the Queen Mother Lafayette was panicked when she found out!
Who did this to you? Revolutionary Party! Regiment!
On the first day, the arsenal had just been blown up, and at noon the next day, the streets and alleys of Liaoyuan were sprinkled with small pieces of paperโwhat was written on it was not the same thing as those of the Boxers. What kind of immortal law was written by the Boxers, "The sky destroys the ocean, and the gods teach karma".
The leaflets of the regiment were much cleaner, and the paper was full of "driving away Tartars and killing dog officials", "30,000 people united as one, and overthrew foreigners and dirty officials". There is also a picture on it, depicting a regiment of soldiers holding steel knives and cutting off the heads of foreigners and dog officers. It makes people's hearts look very bright.
No matter how kind a foreigner is, it is also a foreigner. Whether it is an Oriental or a Westerner, it is a blood debt. Today, I will discuss things with you with a smile, and I will be able to give you a gun to send you to the west tomorrow! Changtu Mansion is peaceful, and that's not what is said in the streets. Today, no one or another place is called to slaughter the village, and no one survives the fire that broke out in the previous place...... Abound.
Lafayette, the old lady, wants to "measure the material resources of China and form a friendship with the country", and the foreigners are also a "friend". Bah! It is true that most of the people are illiterate, but they are not stupid, how can they not see that something that is not tasteful? Isn't it fucking to take the living path of our people and exchange them for the seats pressed under their bannermen?
Everyone hates foreigners. But who is pulling someone on the real street, let him carry a gun to the battlefield, fight with foreigners' real swords and guns, and bump into the court...... Don't make trouble, the birthday boy hanged himself - you're tired and crooked, aren't you?
So the group started an incident, which made the people's hearts happy.
Neither the foreigner nor the court was happy. Prime Minister Yamen ordered all localities to liquidate the revolutionary party, eliminate the remnants of the Boxers, and fully cooperate with the local troops stationed in various countries.
Liaoyuan is a scattered state under the jurisdiction of Changtu Mansion, and something happened that could shock the imperial court, which made An Zhifu and General Nalan panic.
For a time, the Changtu Mansion was full of rumors and soldiers. The guards in front of the four city gates were replaced by Japanese and Lao Maozi, and they had to be checked when they entered and exited the city.
Fortunately, Tachibana Kanazawa has a good relationship with Huzi, and he thought of this for Huzi, and asked someone to send him a "pass". This time, it will be much more convenient for everyone to enter and exit the ghost house.
It is said to be a pass, but it is just a piece of hard paper with some Japanese characters and foreign characters written on it. When Huzi first got it, he looked at it for a long time, and felt that he knew many words on it, thinking: This Japanese character seems to be not much different from Chinese characters.
Li Lintang's face was not very good-looking when he looked at this thing, and he scolded directly: "His grandma's!" Foreigners really don't treat themselves as outsiders? Is this city still the city of the Great Qing Kingdom? Old Maozi and little devils guarding the city gates? The surname of this court is 'Yang'? โ
Mr. Peng also persuaded him: "Senior brother, do you think the imperial court is not surnamed 'Yang'?" โ
How persuasive is this? This is adding fuel to the fire! Li Lintang felt disgusting in his heart, as if he had eaten a fly. I didn't eat lunch anymore, and asked Mr. Peng to watch Zhao Shankun practice, saying that he was going to the city to drink a pot of flower wine to extinguish the fire.
Zhao Shankun couldn't understand and asked, "Brother Huzi?" What does it mean to drink flower wine? โ
Zhao Shankun has been a young master who grew up in the mansion since he was a child, and no bells and whistles can get into his ears, he is a cute man. Huzi was also ignorant when he was a child, but since he peed out in the crotch of his pants in the summer, he has also opened his mind, and many things are self-taught.
That can't be said to Zhao Shankunming! Huzi patted his junior brother's head: "What are you asking?" Practice and go! You'll know when you're older. โ
Mr. Peng looked at Huzi with a smile, and he was embarrassed to look at Huzi. He stopped talking, and bowed his head to draw symbols.
But he also didn't understand in his heart, how did Mr. Peng endure it for so many years? In Huzi's impression, Mr. Peng has always been clean and self-conscious. I haven't married a wife for so many years, and I haven't been to the Spring Breeze Garden, as if I only have two things in my life: wine and drama.
Thinking of this, he also felt indebted to his master, was it because he was such a drag oil bottle, and the master had not married a wife for so many years?
Thinking of this, he stopped writing and asked, "Master, when will you find me a teacher?" โ
Mr. Peng was silently painting stone talismans to engrave it, and Huzi was startled by this, and his hand shook, leaving a palm-long ink mark on the paper.
He casually tossed the paper aside: "What do you want?" โ
Huzi grinned: "Didn't think about anything?" I just think, Master, are you not pleasing your mother-in-law because of me? You're so old that you don't want to be a queen? โ
Mr. Peng raised his hand and threw the paper ball on Huzi's face: "What are you fooling about?" Draw Symbols! โ
asked the master to drink like this, Huzi stuck out his tongue and became honest.
Not long after the house stopped, Zhao Shankun, who was supposed to be Zama in the front yard, came back: "Uncle Shi, someone is here." โ
Mr. Peng didn't raise his head, and he didn't take it seriously: "Huzi, you go to the front and take a look, if there is anything you can't take back and call me." โ
"Old friend, don't you want to see your old friend so much?" Mr. Peng had just finished speaking, and a person came in by pushing the door. When Huzi saw him, he directly shook out the blade in his sleeve.
Zhao Shankun doesn't know him, can Huzi and Mr. Peng still not know him?
"Is Daoist Fu still a friend of me?" Mr. Peng sneered and took the pen and ink, "Heh, you came to the inner courtyard by yourself, and you really didn't treat yourself as an outsider." โ
Fu Daoren gently pushed away Zhao Shankun who was blocking in front of him, and sat down: "I also traveled the world side by side back then, so I am naturally an old friend. What, not even a cup of tea? โ
Huzi snorted twice: "No!" Our ghost family is small, and we don't take advantage of such elegant things. Counting nine cold days, there is a bowl of cold water that I drink leftovers, if you don't dislike it, take it. โ
Huzi put the water bowl in front of Fu Daoren and splashed some water on the table. Fu Daoren squinted at Huzi and smiled, picked up the water bowl and drank it all, and sighed: "It's still good to have water on the mountain, and the well in the courtyard is probably very deep, right?" โ
Mr. Peng gave Huzi a look, and Huzi pushed Zhao Shankun out of the house and closed the door with his hand. stepped heavily and walked out without two steps, and made a silent gesture to Zhao Shankun, quietly touched back to the bottom of the wall, and put his ear to the door.
Zhao Shankun didn't know what was going on, so he wrote on the snow and asked Huzi: "Who is this person?" โ
Huzi waved his hand and pointed to the door. Zhao Shankun thought for a while, and then tilted his head to the door.
There was a bit of Fu Dao in the room with empty bowls in his hands, smiling at Mr. Peng. Mr. Peng sighed: "The so-called 'there is nothing to do, nothing is in the summer, and there is nothing to do in the summer." A well-known and upright 'righteous person' like you, do you come to my ghost house to kill demons, or do you want me? โ
Fu Daoren finally put down the water bowl: "There is one thing that I can't do alone." Kanto has such a skill, and most of them don't have a relationship with me, so I thought of you. โ
Mr. Peng smiled and shouted loudly: "Huzi." โ
Huzi Mayoer stood up and pushed the door in: "Master, what's the matter?" "As soon as I saw the posture of pushing the door, I knew that I hadn't left.
Mr. Peng pointed to the Taoist person: "Help send off the guests?" โ
Fu Daoren looked at Huzi who made a "please" posture sideways, and was a little unhappy. He said, "Peng Xiuzhen, you're a little boring. โ
"So what do you mean? You have to show a gesture of begging. Shouted at five and six to come to the door to inform me, you arranged something for me? Sorry, I don't serve! โ